But the judges were favorably impressed by Turkey’s electronic records and case management systems,

"The world is globalizing and law is universalizing." So begins a letter from the Justice Academy of Turkey to selected American judges who were invited to Turkey in June to exchange knowledge with Turkish judges and prosecutors in training.
Some urgency attended the message. Turkey has been reforming vacation rentals near galveston texas its judicial system for a decade, not least to advance its goal of joining the European Union. Concerns cited by the European Commission and the U.S. State Department include judicial independence, weak procedural rights for defendants, and excessive pretrial detention linked vacation rentals near galveston texas to huge case backlogs.
Into that milieu entered nine American judges from six states, including three judges of the Court of Appeals of Indiana: Ezra H. Friedlander, Patricia A. Riley and Rudolph R. Pyle III. Their itinerary included formal presentations at the Justice Academy of Turkey, official meetings with Turkey's High Council of Judges and Prosecutors, and tourist visits to the famed city of Istanbul.
First stop: The capital city of Ankara, where students fresh from college prepare for judicial and prosecutorial careers at the Justice Academy of Turkey. Those deemed qualified are then appointed to posts throughout the country, which has a unified court and legal system.
Their audiences—largely young and majority male—asked incisive questions across a range of topics, but seemed particularly curious about the persistence of American capital punishment, which Turkey abolished in 2004.
Judges Patricia Riley, vacation rentals near galveston texas Ezra Friedlander and Rudolph Pyle III visit the famed Blue Mosque in Istanbul, where women wear head scarves and men wear long trousers vacation rentals near galveston texas or are provided a skirt to cover their legs.
Perhaps most notably, the Turkish system is inquisitorial, not adversarial. Turkish vacation rentals near galveston texas judges and prosecutors coordinate criminal investigations and fact-finding and even sit together on the bench. "Their trials can last one to two years," Pyle said. "It's apples to oranges."
But the judges were favorably impressed by Turkey's vacation rentals near galveston texas electronic records and case management systems, which are accessible throughout the country by computer or smart phone, and by judges, attorneys vacation rentals near galveston texas and litigants.
Turkey's National Judicial Network Project is among a laundry list of reforms initiated vacation rentals near galveston texas or approved since 2002, according to Judge M. Uzeyir Karabiyik, of the Turkish Ministry of Justice. Writing in the Summer 2012 issue of the International Judicial vacation rentals near galveston texas Monitor, published by the Washington, D.C.-based International Judicial Academy, Karabiyik described judicial professionalism and training as central elements of broader judicial reforms.
To that end, a number of Turkish judges are enrolled in Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs at American law schools, including Michigan State University. One such MSU student, Judge Orhan Karabacak, met the entire Court of Appeals at its annual retreat this year in South Bend and also greeted Judges Riley, Pyle and Friedlander in Turkey.
Because Turkey would like to expand the number of American law schools hosting its students, Friedlander has shared information between his Turkish vacation rentals near galveston texas hosts and Indiana University's two law schools, including the Center on Constitutional vacation rentals near galveston texas Democracy at IU Maurer School of Law. "(The Turks) would like to expand vacation rentals near galveston texas and I thought it'd be good for them to know about us," he said.
Clockwise from top left: An ice cream vendor delights Judge Patricia Riley; Testi kebab is a lamb and vegetable dish baked in a sealed clay pot that is cracked open at the table; Judge Friedlander dines with Judge Orhan Karabacak, center, who is pursuing an LLM degree at Michigan State University; vacation rentals near galveston texas Judge Oguzhan Akkurt welcomes Judge Rudolph R. Pyle III to Turkey.
The judges' cross-cultural exchanges ranged vacation rentals near galveston texas far beyond judicial systems and practices. Their trip coincided with mass demonstrations in Ankara and Istanbul and police actions vacation rentals near galveston texas to suppress them. Judge Riley, who arrived in Ankara June 1, described the acrid smell of tear gas as her driver negotiated detours around the chaos. vacation rentals near galveston texas She also observed police use of water cannons against protesters.
Nor did the experience jaundice their views of Turkey or Turks, who showered them with hospitality. "I don't know how rock stars are treated," Friedlander said, "but they couldn't vacation rentals near galveston texas be treated any better than we were."
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